The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 69 92 92
Rank change year-on-year
+23 0
Permanent jobs citing LAN 49 35 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.718% 1.787% 1.528%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.19% 13.89% 8.532%
Number of salaries quoted 47 31 18
Average salary £28,500 £34,250 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.78% +2.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,100 £28,850
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £49,300 £43,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
402 252 293
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.30% 12.86% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 307 226 245
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £62,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
North West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheshire LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +22 12 £27,500 -21.42%
Runcorn - 11 £25,000 -
Macclesfield -3 5 £57,500 +31.42%
Chester -13 5 £26,250 -9.48%
Daresbury - 4 £25,750 -
Northwich +4 3 £25,000 -39.02%
Crewe 0 2 £22,500 -59.09%
Knutsford - 1 £28,500 -
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
LAN
North West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing LAN also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited LAN.

1 68 (80.00%) WAN
2 58 (68.24%) Cisco
3 55 (64.71%) Windows
4 46 (54.12%) MS Exchange
5 40 (47.06%) Microsoft
6 37 (43.53%) VMware
7 29 (34.12%) Citrix
7 29 (34.12%) ITIL
8 28 (32.94%) TCP/IP
9 27 (31.76%) MS Excel
10 26 (30.59%) MS Office
10 26 (30.59%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (29.41%) Active Directory
11 25 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
12 24 (28.24%) Telecoms
13 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
14 21 (24.71%) Incident Management
14 21 (24.71%) Avaya
14 21 (24.71%) SLA
15 20 (23.53%) Service Delivery
16 19 (22.35%) Firewall
17 18 (21.18%) SQL Server
18 17 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
19 15 (17.65%) DNS
19 15 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
20 14 (16.47%) UNIX
20 14 (16.47%) Linux
20 14 (16.47%) Wireless
21 13 (15.29%) SQL
21 13 (15.29%) VPN

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing LAN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.176%) .NET
1 1 (1.176%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 46 (54.12%) MS Exchange
2 17 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (11.76%) SharePoint
4 9 (10.59%) SharePoint 2010
4 9 (10.59%) Lync
4 9 (10.59%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (5.882%) Lotus Domino
5 5 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.176%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (31.76%) MS Excel
2 26 (30.59%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 68 (80.00%) WAN
2 28 (32.94%) TCP/IP
3 19 (22.35%) Firewall
4 15 (17.65%) DNS
5 14 (16.47%) Wireless
6 13 (15.29%) VPN
7 12 (14.12%) VoIP
8 11 (12.94%) DHCP
9 10 (11.76%) Internet
10 9 (10.59%) WLAN
11 8 (9.412%) SAN
12 7 (8.235%) BGP
13 5 (5.882%) VLAN
14 4 (4.706%) Cisco PIX
14 4 (4.706%) DMZ
14 4 (4.706%) Ethernet
14 4 (4.706%) PBX
15 3 (3.529%) ISDN
15 3 (3.529%) MPLS
16 2 (2.353%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.235%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (5.882%) DB2
3 5 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.176%) Informix
4 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 24 (28.24%) Telecoms
2 9 (10.59%) Finance
3 5 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.353%) Retail
5 1 (1.176%) Legal
5 1 (1.176%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (18.82%) Analyst
1 16 (18.82%) Support Technician
2 14 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (10.59%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 9 (10.59%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (9.412%) Technical Support
4 8 (9.412%) Network Engineer
5 6 (7.059%) Infrastructure Technician
5 6 (7.059%) Architect
5 6 (7.059%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.882%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (4.706%) Technical Support Manager
7 4 (4.706%) Technical Manager
7 4 (4.706%) Network Support
7 4 (4.706%) Support Manager
7 4 (4.706%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.706%) Network Support Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Storage Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.882%) Replication
2 2 (2.353%) Firmware
3 1 (1.176%) Clustering
3 1 (1.176%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.176%) Statistics
3 1 (1.176%) EqualLogic
3 1 (1.176%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 55 (64.71%) Windows
2 26 (30.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (16.47%) UNIX
4 14 (16.47%) Linux
5 9 (10.59%) Windows XP
6 5 (5.882%) Windows 7
7 4 (4.706%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.176%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.176%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.12%) ITIL
2 21 (24.71%) Incident Management
3 20 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 9 (10.59%) Network Management
5 8 (9.412%) Migration
6 6 (7.059%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (5.882%) DRM
7 5 (5.882%) Project Management
7 5 (5.882%) Data Protection
8 4 (4.706%) Network Design
8 4 (4.706%) Load Balancing
9 3 (3.529%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.529%) Time Management
10 2 (2.353%) Capacity Planning
10 2 (2.353%) Strategic Planning
10 2 (2.353%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.353%) Change Management
10 2 (2.353%) E-Commerce
11 1 (1.176%) PRINCE
11 1 (1.176%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.29%) SQL
2 1 (1.176%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.176%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (8.235%) CCNP
3 5 (5.882%) MCSE
3 5 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.706%) HP APS
4 4 (4.706%) CCNA
4 4 (4.706%) CCIE
5 3 (3.529%) MCSA
5 3 (3.529%) MCITP
6 2 (2.353%) MCTS
6 2 (2.353%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.353%) JNCIA
6 2 (2.353%) Degree
7 1 (1.176%) CCDP
7 1 (1.176%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (24.71%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.706%) XenApp
3 4 (4.706%) XenDesktop
3 4 (4.706%) VMware ESX
4 3 (3.529%) vSphere
5 2 (2.353%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.176%) VMware Server
6 1 (1.176%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.882%) Tivoli
1 5 (5.882%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 5 (5.882%) HP Data Protector
2 4 (4.706%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.353%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (2.353%) Nagios
4 1 (1.176%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.176%) MOM
4 1 (1.176%) SCOM
4 1 (1.176%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 58 (68.24%) Cisco
2 40 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 37 (43.53%) VMware
4 29 (34.12%) Citrix
5 21 (24.71%) Avaya
6 13 (15.29%) HP
7 10 (11.76%) Juniper
8 6 (7.059%) Brocade
8 6 (7.059%) IBM
8 6 (7.059%) NetApp
8 6 (7.059%) Oracle
8 6 (7.059%) SAP
9 5 (5.882%) EMC
10 4 (4.706%) Mitel
10 4 (4.706%) ProCurve
10 4 (4.706%) Red Hat
11 3 (3.529%) Symantec
12 2 (2.353%) SolarWinds
12 2 (2.353%) Rackspace
12 2 (2.353%) F5
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013